• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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85 250WR Countershaft Seal

the seal is the countershaft output bearing itself. some talk of just replacing the seal off it and sneaking in the seal from another bearing..
most of them just leak a bit when in operation, overfull, or leaned too far to the right. unless youve never split before, pretty easy to just put a new bearing in.
 
Like stated above there really isn't a seal. The piece that looks like it might be a seal on the parts diagram is really just a piece of hard plastic. I think it is a 6205 bearing so to get the piece one would pry it off a new bearing or another bearing or one that had been saved from doing an engine. Last time I got all double sealed bearings just because that was easy and pried out the seals. The 87 and on the removable plate is no longer there so the above is not possible from the outside. I suppose if the bike saw a lot of mud runs changing out the bearing seal piece might help. If the oil is coming around the bearing due to enlarged pocket it won't help.
 
There's a loose spacer there I silicone the center were the splines go through the spacer.
On the 83/84 bikes I don't think the 85 is different but it could be.
 
For a quick fix lay the bike over remove the sprocket and clean it out with brake cleaner. Once dry use some Bearing Lock ( its just Loctite that's green ) around the outside of the bearing. Let this try and You might have it sealed up for a ride or two.
 
I tried to talk someone from DC Plastics to carry more of Andy's parts and be essentially a US outlet for HVA. He did say the cost was the only thing stopping them. They were selling his clutch covers before Andy made the newer batches that are more authentic.
 
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